Production Operator I

Niagara Bottling•Lancaster, TX

19d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for daily operations on the production floor, ensuring the shift meets established safety, quality, and production goals while complying with applicable legal and food safety requirements. The operator works across assigned production areas, maintains raw-material availability, completes quality and production documentation, and helps prevent production downtime. The role requires regular and predictable attendance and the ability to work 12-hour day or night shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule, or a schedule dictated by production demand.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to work 12-hour shifts, days or nights, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or as production demand dictates.
Regular and predictable attendance.
Required experience: 0 years in the field or a similar manufacturing environment, 0 years in the position, and 0 years managing people or projects; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree.
Preferred experience: 2 years in the field or a similar manufacturing environment, 2 years in the position, and 2 years managing people or projects; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

Responsibilities

Perform daily activities on production lines and ensure products meet Niagara’s safety, quality, and throughput standards.
Complete applicable quality and production reports hourly.
Physically and visually inspect products to prevent non-conforming goods and report quality defects to appropriate team members and shift leadership.
Follow company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
Comply with Niagara’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Standards.
Maintain general housekeeping in production areas and other areas assigned by plant leadership.
Maintain required raw-material levels to minimize production-line downtime.
Work in all assigned production areas, troubleshoot minor production-line issues, and perform relief duties when required.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Work 12-hour day or night shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or as dictated by production demand.

Benefits

Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
401(k) with company match.
Health Savings Account with company match.
Flexible Spending Accounts.
Expanded mental wellbeing benefits, including free counseling sessions for team members and household family members.
Family-building benefits, including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation, plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
Income protection, including Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and an accident plan.
Special discount programs, including pet plans, prepaid legal services, identity theft services, car rental, and airport parking.
Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.